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TowsonUniversity
Music Education Majors, Bachelor of Science Majors, and Jazz Performance Majors
DepartmentofMusic
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DepartmentofMusic
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Performance Majors
Freshman Level (First Semester)
Scales: All Major and Natural Minor Scales (memorized, two octaves whenever possible)
Technical Studies: Clarke Technical Studies First and Second Studies, Selected Arban Studies
(articulation and multiple tonguing)
Lyrical Studies: Concone/Korak The Complete Solfeggi (weekly etudes, ten etudes per semester
see transposition below)
Transposition: Major Second Higher
Etudes: Kopprasch Sixty Selected Studies and/or Brandt Thirty-Four Studies (weekly etudes,
eight etudes per semester)
Solo Performance: One Selected Work with progress toward meeting Solo Requirements
Orchestral Excerpts: Beethoven, Brahms, Schumann
Freshman Level (Second Semester)
Scales: All Harmonic Minor Scales (two octaves whenever possible)
Technical Studies: Clarke Technical Studies Third Study, Selected Arban Studies (articulation
and multiple tonguing)
Lyrical Studies: Concone/Korak The Complete Solfeggi (weekly etudes, ten etudes per semester
see transposition below)
Transposition: Major Second Lower
Etudes: Kopprasch Sixty Selected Studies and/or Brandt Thirty-Four Studies (weekly etudes,
DepartmentofMusic
TowsonUniversity
DepartmentofMusic
TowsonUniversity
DepartmentofMusic
TowsonUniversity
Solo Repertoire
All majors must study one solo from each of the following categories during course of study. See
Recommended Solo Trumpet Repertoire.
Baroque or Classical Composition (Original Work or Transcription)
Cornet Solo (or other work with theme and variation form or similar style)
French Conservatory Work or French Concerto
Romantic or Neo-Romantic Concerto or Concert Piece
Unaccompanied Work or Music for Trumpet and Tape
Modern Sonata/Concerto (or other work with mixed or changing meter)
Difficulty: I (Lower Division Undergraduate), II (Upper Division Undergraduate), III
(Graduate/Profession). Highly recommended works are marked with an asterisk.